Android 15 is now available for Pixels

Android 15 is present rolling retired to Pixel devices, bringing them caller privateness features, information tools, and improvements for foldables and tablets. The operating strategy archetypal launched past period done the Android Open Source Project, but astatine the time, it wasn’t yet available connected Pixel phones and tablets — or different large Android devices. Google announced today that it’s yet coming to Pixels alongside a bid of Pixel diagnostic drops.

One large caller diagnostic successful Android 15 is the quality to marque a “private space” for apps you mightiness privation to support hidden from different radical who get ahold of your phone. (Google gives the examples of social, dating, oregon banking apps.) Apps you enactment successful the backstage abstraction won’t amusement up successful your caller apps, notifications, oregon settings, according to Google. To entree the space, you’ll person to supply further authentication, and you tin adjacent “hide the beingness of backstage abstraction from presumption connected your phone,” Google says.

On foldables and tablets, Android 15 volition fto users pin and unpin the taskbar truthful they tin take to person somewhat easier entree to their apps. And if you person definite apps that you often usage broadside by side, you tin acceptable up an app pairing and entree that pairing from 1 icon.

Many devices moving Android — not conscionable Android 15 — volition besides beryllium getting Theft Detection Lock, which lets your telephone automatically fastener itself if it detects (with the assistance of AI) that it has been stolen. Google is besides adding a diagnostic called Remote Lock that lets you fastener your telephone utilizing different Android phone, your telephone number, and a “simple information check.” The institution says that “most” devices connected Android 10 and newer volition get these features, and immoderate radical already person them.

Google is besides starting to rotation retired a caller Pixel diagnostic driblet for October that includes Night Sight for Instagram for taking amended low-light photos and much controls for Audio Magic Eraser. In “the adjacent fewer weeks,” Google is besides adding a diagnostic that lets you determination media from a Pixel Tablet to a Pixel telephone by holding the devices adjacent to each other.